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the 2024 tsinghua pbc chief economist forum was held in beijing on september 28. zou ji, ceo of the energy foundation and president of china, attended and delivered a speech focusing on "climate change, new energy industry transformation and economic outlook".

the following is the transcript of the speech:

zou ji: there is too much content on this topic, so i will keep it very simple.

first, i have to start with the urgency of addressing climate change and boosting the economy. this is the logical starting point. the urgency of climate change and the urgency of boosting the economy, combined, are ultimately determined by "demand", and should be the effective demand of the market.

among these two emergencies, the core issue to be solved is energy transformation, which is to shift from mainly fossil energy to mainly non-fossil energy. there is no doubt that the new energy industry represented by scenery and solar energy, and of course nuclear energy and biomass energy, have a significant upward trend, and it is necessary to take the lead, especially scenery. in addition, there are energy end-use sectors, such as industrial construction and transportation electrification, which need to be tied together and bundled.

their development was unexpected. i was fortunate enough to participate in the entire negotiation process of the paris agreement. at that time, we were already realizing a strategic turn, but some of them were mainly concepts. i remember very clearly that at that time i drew the kuznets curve for special envoy xie zhenhua, saying that china will definitely reach its peak, and china should have the goal of reaching its peak. in addition, the relationship between the peak level and changing trend of per capita emissions and income seemed to be based on concepts and the actual experience of other countries and economies at that time.